Price Variation and Production-Related Aspects of Sweetmeat Shops at Mymensingh City in Bangladesh
Australian Journal of Science and Technology ISSN Number (2208-6404) Volume 4; Issue 3; September 2020 Original Article Price variation and production-related aspects of sweetmeat shops at Mymensingh city in Bangladesh Nawrin Jahan1, Md Ashraful Islam1*, Md Imran Omar2, Tanni Chanda1, Md Abdul Matin1 1Department of Dairy Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal Campus, Barisal, Bangladesh, 2Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Joydevpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh ABSTRACT A survey was conducted based on structured questionnaire during the period of May–June 2016 at some selected sweetmeat shops in Mymensingh municipality to collect data regarding the location of sweetmeat shops, their product types, price variation, source of milk, waste disposal system, and related problems of the business. Survey data were analyzed critically and found that the shopkeepers of different sweetmeat shops received their raw milk from farmers (87.5%) and goalas (12.5%) for manufacturing of various dairy products. The mean prices/Kg (in BDT) of misty (rashogolla), malaikary, chomchom, danadar, kalojam, channar polau, amirty, sandesh, laddu, dahi(sweet), dahi(sour), rashomalai, low sugar dahi, rajvog, kadom vog, porabari chomchom, lalmohon, krishno kadom, dudh balusai, baby sweets, khir mohon, badami sandesh, sponge rashogolla, dudh peyara, kachagolla, maya sandesh, rom III monada, kacha sandesh, channar amirty, barfi, gurer sandesh, khir vog, and sada kalo misty were 158, 200, 170, 166, 173, 240, 170, 400, 130, 165, 97, 311, 167, 200, 200, 160, 170, 180, 150, 300, 350, 350, 280, 400, 400, 400, 500, 500, 170, 450, 450, 400, and 200, respectively. Among the selected shops, 62.5% dispose their waste through drain to the sewerage system and 37.7% sell to fish hatchery.
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